Poultry-feeding device.



PA'I 'ENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED F3.15 1907.

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'The lower ends of these rods are inserted WILLIAM M. COX,-OF AVON, AND ROBERT M.'COX, OF PRAIRIE UIThIQILLINOIS.

POULTRY-FEEDING DEVICE. I

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 15, 1907. Serial No. 357,4.86. \C

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Wnmmu M. Cox and Ronrnrr )1. Cox, citizens' of the United States, residing at Avon and Prairie City, in the counties of Fulton and McDonough and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Poultry-Feeding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for automatically feeding grain to poultry.

T he object of the improvements which form the subject matter of this application is to provide a device that will be operable. in part through gravity and in part through the Another object is to scatter the grains over a relatiwly larger area so that as many fowls may be reached as' possible.

A further object is to so construct the device that it can he made economically and durable and not. liable to'get out of order.

Having these and other objects c t general novelty and utility in view, we ha ve invented the device shown in preierrcd form in the accompanying drawing in which the figure is an elevation of i the device with portions broken away to more clearly disclose its construction and operation Referring to said drawing in detail, 1 represents a cylindrical hopper provided with a bail 2 which is shown as suspended from a hook 3 secured in an overhead timber or support 4. The bottom 5 of the hopper is formed with downwardly inclined wal s, the

flange or ring 7 to the lower edge of the hop- )er. In the lower portion of the bottom is iormcd it circular Opening 6. Hanging from the hopper are rods 9 which are secuzed at their upper ends to the flange 1 by nuts 10.

through suitable openings in the conical spreader N and the hitter is held on sand rods by-the upturned or hooked ends 11 of the rods. Within the hopper is secured an arch IL consisting-oi :1 metal bar or strap which straddles the o mung i and is secured to the bottom of the ho )per by rivets 3. lussing through a cent rul opening: in the arch 12 is :l c

Patented Aug. 4, 1908- rod 14 the upper end of which supplied with a nut 15 by which it is held to the arch.

The lower end of the rod 14 is bent to form an e1ye 17 which engages a corresponding eye on t 1e upper end of the rod 16 The latter rod pas es downwardly thrcugh a suitable opening in the apex of the 5 )reader Sand is adapted to have attached thereto an ear of corn as '31, or an other suitable rod ict.

ada ted to Serve as an article of nod for. pou try. hear the upper portion of the rod 14 at a point slightly )elow the opening 6 is a disk 18 which is secured on the red by any suitable collar 19 havinq a set screw 20. This 2'2 represents the grain contained in the :0

ho )per 1".

in the o eration of a device constructed substuntialy as described, it will that the grain will fall by gravity through the opening 6 upon the disk 1S,' from the periphery of which it 'will drop to the spreader 8, from which it will fall upon the ground or feeding floor. Tie action of gravity will be facilitated by the swingin movements of the rods 16 and 14 whic i movements will be communicated by one or more of the fowls picking at the product 21 t-he latter being hung within reach of the fowls. The vibration of the rod 16 in the spreader 8 will also cause more. or less \1- bration of the rods 9 and-thus tend to jar the hopper and thcreb facilitate the falimg of the grain through the opening 6 and the distribution from the disk 18. If the grain feeds too freely through the openin G the disk 18 may be raised bv the nut lo, until the proper opening is cbtained.

Having thus described our invention,

what we claim, is:---

l. In :l feeding device, a hopper having a discharge opening an its bottom, a spreader arranged below said hopper, a. jointed rod connected with the bottom of the hopper and amending through said spreader. a

disk tidjustably mounted on said rod h-eiuw the opening in said hopper and bmce mus outlet-ting the spreader with the hopper. 

